Toddler hit by car in Woking left with minor injuries

A three-year-old girl was taken to hospital after being struck by a BMW

A three-year-old girl suffered only minor injuries when she was hit by a car in Woking on Thursday evening.

The toddler was taken to hospital following the accident in Goldsworth Road at around 6.25pm, and it was initially feared that she had been critically hurt.

Peter Meerhoff, who is from Amsterdam and was in Woking on business, witnessed the aftermath of the incident from neighbouring Archie's Bar.

"People were coming in and saying a girl had run out into the road and been hit by a car," he said. "I heard she was OK."

But he added: "The funny thing was with the cyclist who wanted to get through."

At around 7.20pm, the clearly infuriated bike rider repeatedly ignored warnings from police not to cycle across the scene of the accident as it was investigated.

Eventually he became involved in a tussle with officers, had his bike grabbed from him and was arrested and led to a police car.

A senior officer at the scene said: "I was trying to explain to him that the reason we're here is that a young girl has been knocked down and is critical in hospital, but he didn't listen. You can't win.

"All he had to do was listen and go along the footpath, that's why we put the cones across the road."

A Surrey Police spokesman said afterwards: "A cyclist who was arrested at the scene having rode through the closure was subsequently de-arrested and given words of advice."

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